When I was a child and my grandmother wanted to talk about “grown up” things with her friends, she sent us to my mother, she told us, “Go and ask your mum for a twig of temboruco”. Mabel Encinas I asked for the small branch and my mother […]
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Guilt matters
“Guilt is a great motivator”, I said to my therapist. She was not impressed. Of course I was being provocative. But psychotherapists are often concerned at mitigating our guilt-feelings, seeing them as signs of a repressive superego. Steve Latham Guilt can indeed be induced, as a means of […]
Murder of women continues upward trend
In Mexico, 3,462 women were killed between January and November 2021, more than ten a day on average. The figure for this year has reached 1,320 – an average of 11 murders each day – meaning that Mexico has the highest femicide rate in the world. Luis Manuel Arce […]
Ukraine and the shadow of NATO
The North Atlantic Treaty Organisation is knocking on Ukraine’s door and that makes the analysis of the ongoing war even more complex. It is an international war that began long before February this year and in which much more is at stake than the control of the Ukrainian east.
Lawfare or the judicial war on democracy
Corruption, embezzlement, kidnapping, money laundering and even murder, these are some of the unproven accusations against left-wing leaders in Latin America. Lies, manipulation and fabrications put together by the judiciary and conservative groups supported by some of the media. The objective: to block the possibility of an economic and political […]
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